UMSL names new Oncology nursing endowed professor
Margaret Barton-Burke has been named the Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor of Oncology Nursing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
The position that was appointed through the College of Nursing will allow Barton-Burke to work closely with researchers as well as nursing and medical staff at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in expanding her research.
Barton-Burke will also teach graduate students and engage in community service related to cancer care through her new appointment.
"To say I am honored to be the inaugural Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor for Oncology Nursing at UMSL seems trite. In so many ways I feel like this is the opportunity that I have been working towards my entire career," Barton-Burke said in a press release from the university.
"I look forward to serving the St. Louis community by combining my cancer expertise and my research interests with the resources of UMSL and Siteman Cancer Center,"she said.
Barton-Burke's research focuses on the health needs of survivors of breast cancer. According to the release, she will work with other cancer researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center as part of a $300,000 grant, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. This research grant, "Long Term Quality of Life in Black Women Breast Cancer Survivors," is phase II in the Black Women Breast Cancer Survivor Project.
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation states that little is written in medical journals about treatment for African-American women breast cancer survivors. The goal of this study is help give African-American women breast cancer survivors the opportunity to reflect on their treatment experiences, and for this insight to be shared with the health care community.
Barton-Burke has an extensive career in clinical and academic nursing. She also retired at the rank of colonel from the National Guard.
Prior to coming to UM-St. Louis, Barton-Burke was an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She also worked at another academic cancer center where she was appointed assistant professor at both the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Graduate School of Nursing in Worcester while practicing as the oncology clinical specialist for the UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Barton-Burke earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from William Peterson College in Wayne, N.J. and a master's degree in teaching specialty and oncology nursing from Boston University.
Student radio station gets a new station manager
Joey Wagner, president of the Student Electronic Media Professionals Association announced in an email to SEMPA's members that Keith Robinson was appointed the new station manger for The "U," the student-run radio station at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Robinson, systems support analyst specialist for Technology Services, has been serving as program director for the station and implemented many organizationed systems for the station.
Wagner told SEMPA members if they "see Keith around this week, please be sure to congratulate him on his new position within the station. Be sure to wish Ashland [Tate] a fond farewell too."
Tate, who was the station's manager, is graduating at the semester change.
Moth study
Biologists at the University of Missouri - St. Louis have discovered a link between gypsy moths and cuckoo birds. The study examined the interaction between the non-native gypsy moth and the U.S.-native cuckoo, which was the first documented case of a non-native species affecting the migration of a native species. Robert Marquis, professor of biology; Nicholas Barber, a graduate student in the biology department and lead researcher on the study; and Wendy Tori, Ph.D. biology 2008, had their paper, "Invasive Prey Impacts of the Abundance and Distribution of Native Predators," published in Ecology, the journal of the Ecological Society of America.
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